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Leveraging Technology to Respond to Global Crises

Cloud 4 Good

From responding to a global pandemic to standing up for equality and reacting to ongoing geopolitical forces, our nonprofits are leading the charge in bettering our communities. Since 2020, the global community has seen geopolitical uncertainty and a pandemic. Supporting the Global Community to Create a Lasting Impact.

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What Do Good Books Did You Read in 2010?

Have Fun - Do Good

Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin Be the Change: How Meditation Can Transform You and Your World by Ed and Deb Shapiro Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water by Maude Barlow Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad (..)

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Courage, Leadership, Grandmothers, Half The Sky and The Mission List

Have Fun - Do Good

Grandmother Power Photo journalist Paola Gianturco (who I interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast in 2007 ) has a new book out, Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon. The Art of Leadership is a, "retreat workshop for social change leaders from the nonprofit, philanthropic, labor and socially responsible business sectors."

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The Craig Newmark Beneblog Interview

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Jim [Buckmaster] runs the business. I was influenced back in 1976, when I was considering a job with IBM, by reading a quote from TJ Watson (Sr or Jr) about how if you took care of the customer, the business takes care of itself. Q: What’s your advice to them on going local vs. national vs. global? Then we go back and ask again.

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Ashoka 's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated. If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations.

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How to Build Platforms that Our Movements Can Own

Non Profit Quarterly

We also partner with a decentralized global network of over 600 fiscal sponsors to support more than more than 7,000 groups that collectively raise over $35 million a year. After all, Open Collective Inc is a for-profit business. Is the business model that we have developed replicable? A tech start-up.

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Impact and Interoperability: How Technology Powers Collaboration

Saleforce Nonprofit

When the Afghanistan crisis reared its ugly head again this year, a group of veterans, active-duty service members, former government officials, civil servants, and nonprofit organizations came together to work online to help individuals and families evacuate the country. But it’s impossible to do this alone!